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Iowa State Continuing Medical Education (CME) Requirements

Credit amount: Iowa requires 40 hours of Category 1 CME credits per licensure cycle.

CME hours are prorated for licenses that were issued for fewer than the full licensure cycle of 2 years.

Licensure cycle: Biennial—for physicians born in even-numbered years, the license expires on the first day of the physician’s birth month in an even-numbered year. For physicians born in odd-numbered years, the license expires on the first day of the physician’s birth month in an odd-numbered year.
Topics: PA licensee who regularly provides primary health care to children must complete 2 hours of training in child abuse identification in the previous five years. A primary care provider must complete 2 hours of training in dependent adult abuse identification and reporting in the previous five years.
- The board will accept as equivalent to 50 hours of Category 1 activity, participation in an approved resident training program or board certification or recertification by an ABMS or AOA specialty board within the licensing period.
- Iowa-licensed physicians who provide primary care must complete 2 hours of Category 1 training in end-of-life care every five years and must complete CME focused on the CDC guideline for proper opioid prescribing.

The Iowa CME requirements listed above were accurate when posted, but CME state requirements change frequently. Due to COVID-19, certain states may have modified their licensure requirements. Physicians are advised to confirm Iowa’s current requirements with the Iowa Board of Medicine.

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Select from a variety of educational activities to earn CME credit that counts toward the state of Iowa CME requirements. The AMA Ed Hub provides you with curated courses featuring trending topics such as marijuana, screening for cervical cancer and more. Our online CME courses are available in text, video and audio/podcast formats. Featured courses include:

COVID-19 Vaccines CME - To help fight the COVID-19 pandemic and inform your patients, learn more about COVID-19 vaccines, including immunization development and updates, authorization, distribution plans and safety.
Opioid and Pain Management CME - Fulfill your state-mandated CME credits while enhancing your knowledge of opioids and pain management, safe opioid prescribing and substance use treatment.
Telemedicine CME - Enhance your understanding of—and best practices for—caring for patients remotely, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the AMA’s inception more than 170 years ago, education has been a pillar of the AMA mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. Physicians and medical professionals are committed to lifelong learning to continually improve patient care. The AMA Ed Hub online learning platform helps medical professionals stay up to date with the practice of medicine and fulfills the AMA’s mission. Whether you’re in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines or anywhere in between, the AMA Ed Hub brings CME courses to you.

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END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME An Unusual Tracing JAMA Internal Medicine
PAIN MANAGEMENT | SAFE OPIOID PRESCRIBING 1 Credit CME Prescribing Opioids for Pain JAMA
END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME Giant T-wave Inversion in an Older Patient With Sudden Loss of Consciousness JAMA Internal Medicine
PAIN MANAGEMENT | SAFE OPIOID PRESCRIBING 1 Credit CME Etiology, Diagnosis, and Modern Management of Chronic Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review JAMA Surgery
PAIN MANAGEMENT | SAFE OPIOID PRESCRIBING 1 Credit CME Cancer in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Persons: A Review JAMA Oncology
END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME Ominous Electrocardiographic Patterns in an Older Adult With Chest Pain JAMA Internal Medicine
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 18m 51s 0.25 Credit CME Ethics Talk: How to Avoid Hyper Medicalization and Iatrogenic Child Abuse AMA Journal of Ethics
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1 Credit CME How Should Clinicians and Students Cope With Secondary Trauma When Caring for Children Traumatized by Abuse or Neglect? AMA Journal of Ethics
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1 Credit CME How Should Clinicians Minimize Bias When Responding to Suspicions About Child Abuse? AMA Journal of Ethics
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1 Credit CME Key Updates to Understanding Roles of Childhood Trauma in Overall Health AMA Journal of Ethics
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1 Credit CME McGirt v Oklahoma and What Clinicians Should Know About Present-Day Child Abuse and Legacies of Forced Migration AMA Journal of Ethics
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1 Credit CME Papal Doctrines' Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities AMA Journal of Ethics
END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME Noteworthy P Waves in an Elderly Woman JAMA Internal Medicine
END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME Ominous T-Wave Changes in an Older Adult With Chest Pain JAMA Internal Medicine
PAIN MANAGEMENT 1 Credit CME Abdominal Pain in a 15-Year-Old Adolescent Girl JAMA
END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME Practical Guide to Recruitment of Participants for Surgical Clinical Trials JAMA Surgery
END-OF LIFE CARE 1 Credit CME Solidarity in Mortal Time AMA Journal of Ethics
GENERAL CME | PAIN MANAGEMENT 0.25 Credit CME Pain and Racism in Medicine and Health Care: Historical Foundations of Racism in Medicine AMA Center for Health Equity
GENERAL CME | PAIN MANAGEMENT 0.25 Credit CME Racism in Medicine: Race and Pain (Student Edition) AMA UME Curricular Enrichment Program
END-OF LIFE CARE | GENERAL CME 1 Credit CME Development of a Prediction Model for the Management of Noncommunicable Diseases Among Older Syrian Refugees Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon JAMA Network Open

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